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1College of Nursing, Niagara University, NY, USA.
Purpose:
The purpose of the study was to develop a scale to calculate college students' powerlessness regarding health service barriers (PHSB).
Methods:
Scale items were generated to represent two domains of interest: powerlessness and college students' powerlessness regarding health service barriers. The final 20-item instrument was subjected to multiple measures of validity with college students and panels of nurse experts in the area of nursing diagnosis. Reliability was assessed by two samples (n = 92 and n = 33) of college-age students. A final administration was conducted with 197 college students.
Findings:
The PHSB scale was determined to be an accurate and consistent measure.
Conclusions:
This instrument will provide a reliable and valid measure to conduct research.
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